Brown and Mulholland’s Drug Calculations: Process and Problems for Clinical
Practice 11th Edition by Ann Tritak-Elmiger EdD RN, Margaret Daingerfield EdD RN CNE
11th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01: General Mathematics ................................................................................................................................. 3
Chapter 02: Ratio and Proportion................................................................................................................................ 17
Chapter 03: Safe Medication Administration .............................................................................................................. 33
Chapter 04: Medication Measurements and Oral Dose Calculations .......................................................................... 42
Chapter 05: Injectable Medication Calculations.......................................................................................................... 59
Chapter 06: Reconstitution of Medications from Powders and Crystals: Oral and Intramuscular .............................. 77
Chapter 07: Basic Intravenous Calculations................................................................................................................ 94
Chapter 08: Advanced Intravenous Calculations ...................................................................................................... 107
Chapter 09: Insulin Administration and Type 2 Diabetes Medications ..................................................................... 118
Chapter 10: Parenteral Nutrition ............................................................................................................................... 134
Chapter 11: Anticoagulants ...................................................................................................................................... 139
Chapter 12: Children’s Dosages................................................................................................................................ 158
,Chapter 01: General Mathematics
ESSAY
Directions: Solve the following problems.
Add and reduce to lowest terms:
1.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
Add:
2.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
Multiply and reduce to lowest terms:
3.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
Multiply and reduce to lowest terms:
4.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
Divide and reduce to lowest terms:
5.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
Divide and reduce to lowest terms:
6.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
, 7. Which is greater, ?
ACCURATE ANSWER:
Which is smaller,
8.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
Change to a decimal:
9.
ACCURATE ANSWER:
0.125
10. Change to a fraction: 0.008
ACCURATE ANSWER:
11. Which is smaller, 0.125 or 0.25?
ACCURATE ANSWER:
0.125
12. Which is greater, 0.25 or 0.05?
ACCURATE ANSWER:
0.25
13. Round to the nearest tenth: 3.124
ACCURATE ANSWER:
3.1
14. Round to the nearest hundredth: 0.42877
ACCURATE ANSWER:
0.43
15. Round to the nearest whole number: 5.742
ACCURATE ANSWER:
6